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A History of Research Into Ancient Egyptian Culture Conducted in Southeast Europe A History of Research into Ancient Egyptian Culture Conducted in Southeast Europe Edited by Mladen Tomorad Archaeopress Egyptology 8 Archaeopress Gordon House 276 Banbury Road Oxford OX2 7ED www.archaeopress.com ISBN 978 1 78491 090 7 ISBN 978 1 78491 091 4 (e-Pdf) © Archaeopress and the authors 2015 Proofreaders: Dr. Mladen Tomorad and Ivana Štimac, Centre for Croatian Studies, University of Zagreb, Croatia English proof-reading by Betsy Scott All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the copyright owners. Printed in England by Oxuniprint Ltd This book is available direct from Archaeopress or from our website www.archaeopress.com Table of Contents Preface ............................................................................................................................................................................. viii List of contributors ............................................................................................................................................................. ix Chapter I: A History of Research into Ancient Egyptian Culture Conducted in Southeast Europe ........................................xi 150 Years of Egyptological Reseach in Croatia (1862-2012) ............................................................................................. 1 Mladen Tomorad The Borderline between Predynastic and Dynastic Egypt (4000–3000 B.C.) in the Works of Croatian Egyptologists and Scholars .............................................................................................................................................. 13 Porin Šćukanec Rezniček The History of Egyptology in Bulgaria ............................................................................................................................. 19 Emil Buzov Chapter II: The Ancient Egyptian collections in Southeast Europe ............................................................................................ 25 Josef Schwegel (1836–1914) and His Ten Years in Egypt ................................................................................................ 27 Tomislav Kajfež The Ancient Egyptian Antiquities in Institutional and Private Collections in Croatia .................................................... 31 Mladen Tomorad The Collection of Egyptian Artifacts in the Mimara Museum in Zagreb (Croatia) ......................................................... 59 Ivana Čukman Nikolić, Mladen Tomorad The Ancient Egyptian Glass Collection in the Mimara Museum .................................................................................... 75 Lada Ratković Bukovčan The Egyptian Collection in the Archaeological Museum in Zagreb: History and Research............................................ 85 Porin Šćukanec Rezniček Egyptian Collection of the Museum of Slavonia in Osijek (Croatia) ............................................................................... 93 Marina Kovač Formation and Composition of the Egyptian Collections in Serbia .............................................................................. 107 Branislav Anđelković Ancient Egyptian Artifacts from Romania. Their Research and Future Perspectives ...........................................117 Dan-Augustin Deac Chapter III: The current Egyptological research ......................................................................................................................... 121 CT and MR Research on Two Egyptian Mummies from the Archaeological Museum in Zagreb ................................. 123 Mislav Čavka, Igor Uranić A Case of Egyptian Revival at the Turn of the 18th Century: the Painter Franc Kavčič Caucig and His Oeuvre D’Egitto .......................................................................................................................................................................... 127 Vesna Kamin Kajfež The Cult of the Sacred Bull Apis: History Of Study ....................................................................................................... 135 Nenad Marković Was There Ever a ‘Minoan’ Princess on the Egyptian Court? ....................................................................................... 145 Uroš Matić The Studies of the Ancient Egyptian Language in Croatia and Serbia .......................................................................... 157 Kristina Šekrst Development of the ‘Croato-Aegyptica’ Database ....................................................................................................... 161 Mladen Tomorad, Goran Zlodi i Chapter IV: The reseach of the Egyptian cults in Graeco-Roman world .................................................................................. 165 The Early Penetration of Ancient Egyptian Artifacts and Dissemination of the Cults of Egyptian Divinities in Istria and Illyricum (1St Millennium B.C.-1st Century A.D.) ......................................................................................... 167 Mladen Tomorad Isis and Her Affiliates in Dalmatia. Some Reflections on Isiac Religious Communities ............................................... 201 Kornelija A. Giunio History of the Research of the Ancient Egyptian Cults in Pannonia ............................................................................. 215 Dejan Pernjak, Danijel Štruklec, Mladen Tomorad Evidence of the Cults of Isis on the Territory of the Republic of Macedonia ............................................................... 221 Aleksandra Nikoloska Chapter V: Bibliographies ........................................................................................................................................... 229 Slovenia: Bibliographia Aegyptiacae Slovenicae (from the middle of the ninetheenth century till the end of 2012) .... 231 Compiled by Vesna Kamin Kajfež Supplemented by Mladen Tomorad and Ivana Štimac Croatia: Egyptological Bibliography (1856-2014) .......................................................................................................... 235 Compiled by Mladen Tomorad Bosnia and Herzegovina: Egyptological Bibliography (1889-1993) .............................................................................. 256 Compiled by Ivana Štimac Serbia: Egyptological and Ancient Near Eastern Bibliography (1928-2013) ................................................................. 257 Compiled by Branislav Anđelković and Milena Gošić Romania: Egyptological Bibliography (1959-2014) ....................................................................................................... 267 Compiled by Dan Augustin Deac Bulgaria: Egyptological Bibliography (1983-2013) ........................................................................................................ 271 Compiled by Emil Buzov Supplemented by Mladen Tomorad and Ivana Štimac ii List of Illustrations Fig. 1 The Archaeological museum, Zagreb: Zagreb mummy, inv. no. AMZ E-664, c. 1891. The photographic collection of the Archaeological museum in Zagreb. 2 Fig. 2 The Archaeological museum, Zagreb: Liber linteus Zagrabiensis, inv. no. AMZ E-665. Photo: F. Beusan, 2004. 2 Fig. 3 Franz Koller. The photographic collection of the Archaeological museum in Zagreb. 3 Fig. 4 Šime Ljubić. The photographic collection of the Archaeological museum in Zagreb. 3 Fig. 5 Gavro Manojlović. The photographic collection of the Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography, Zagreb. 4 Fig. 6 Grga Novak. The photographic collection of the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Zagreb. 4 Fig. 7 Petar Lisičar. The photographic collection of the Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography, Zagreb. 5 Fig. 8 Petar Selem, 2003. Photo by M. Tomorad. 5 Fig. 9 Frane Bulić. The photographic collection of the Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography, Zagreb. 7 Fig. 10 Manojlović, Gavro. Povijest Starog orijenta, Zagreb 1923. 14 Fig. 11 Novak, Grga. Egipat, Zagreb 1967. 15 Fig. 12 Uranić, Igor. Stari Egipat: povijest, književnost i umjetnost drevnih Egipćana, Zagreb 2002. 17 Fig. 13 Prof. Ignatov and Prof. Lekov in front of Cairo Museum. 21 Fig. 14 Students from New Bulgarian University in Luxor Temple. 22 Fig. 15 The Courtyard of TT 263. Luxor, West Bank. 23 Fig. 16 Josef Schwegel`s portrait in 1868 by Angeli. Photo by T. Lauko. National Museum of Slovenia. 27 Fig. 17a The Archaeological museum, Zagreb: Scarabeus, inv. no. E-004av. Photo M. Tomorad, 2004. 32 Fig. 17b The Archaeological museum, Zagreb: Scarabeus, inv. no. E-004av. Photo M. Tomorad, 2004. 32 Fig. 18 The Archaeological museum of Istria, Pula: Wedjet-eye amulet, inv. no. AMIP P-30337. Photo M. Tomorad, 2004. 32 Fig. 19 The Archaeological museum, Zagreb: Group of shabtis. Photo: F. Beusan. 33 Fig. 20 Dubrovnik museums, The Archaeological museum, Dubrovnik: Jewelry, inv. nos. DM 583 and 593. The photographic collection of the Archaeological museum in Dubrovnik. 33 Fig. 21 Dubrovnik museums, The Archaeological museum, Dubrovnik: The group of statuettes of various Egyptian deities. Photo: M. Tomorad, 2003. 34 Fig. 22 The Archaeological museum, Zagreb: Egyptian footwear, inv. no. E-191. Photo M. Tomorad, 2004. 35 Fig. 23 The Museum of the city, Varaždin: Badari vessel, inv. no. AO 6521. Photo M. Tomorad, 2002. 35 Fig. 24 The Museum of the city, Varaždin: Group of canopic vessels. Photo M. Tomorad, 2002. 35 Fig. 25 The Archaeological museum, Zagreb: Male head, inv.
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